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Large dung beetle, coppery brown colour, rolling its ball of dung.
Savanna/woodland
Fairly common in Mlawula Nature Reserve, along with the smaller green dung beetles. Possibly Kheper nigroaeneus. (Apologies for the noisy soundtrack on the video - squeaky tripod!)
Spotted on Apr 24, 2011
Submitted on Jan 27, 2014
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Dung beetles navigate at night using the Milky Way! http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/...